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kräva — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crop noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
  • demand noun In economics, people's desire and ability to buy a particular good or service at a given price.
  • necessitate verb To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
  • require verb To need something as essential.

Senses

kräva is used for these senses in English:

  • crop (anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.
  • demand To request forcefully.
  • necessitate (transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]
  • require To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively. [from 14th c.]
  • require Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary. [from 15th c.]

crop — full definition

  1. noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
  2. noun A short whip used in horse riding.
  3. verb To trim or cut something short, or to remove the outer edges of a photograph.

demand — full definition

  1. noun In economics, people's desire and ability to buy a particular good or service at a given price.
  2. noun A firm or urgent request for something, often backed by authority.
  3. verb To ask for something forcefully or as if it were owed.

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